Channel 4 has ordered an expanded second series of its diverse stand-up showcase Jokes Only A ... Can Tell, featuring immigrants, NHS workers, the neurodivergent, Muslim, Indian, Scottish and Northern Irish comedians.
Channel 4 is developing a deep fake Keeping Up With The Kardashians spoof, focusing on Vladimir Putin. Keeping Up With The Kremlin is in the works for the channel's digital platforms.
Game Of Thrones star Ben Crompton and fellow comic Sammy Dobson star in Steve!, a new sitcom pilot from stand-up Lee Kyle, who also voices the show's self-destructive narrator.
Character comic and clown Sami Abu Wardeh takes the title role in The Sheikh, a satirical, semi-improvised show for Channel 4 in which he plays a Middle Eastern billionaire trying to immerse himself in British culture.
Russell Kane, Sarah Keyworth and Fatiha El-Ghorri have shot short films for the BBC in which they try their hand at apprenticeships, including working in a zoo, as a firefighter and at a Formula 1 car part factory.
Comedy Central Live, the online stand-up series, is to return for a second series from Monday 9th January. The list of 40 comedians involved has now been revealed.
Tom Ward is making Funraisers for Channel 4's digital channels, in which the stand-up assigns his guests tasks based on items donated to his charity shop.
